Basic photographic materials and processes / Nanette Salvaggio ; Leslie Stroebel and Richard Zakia, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salvaggio, Nanette, author.

Contributor:

Stroebel, Leslie D.

Zakia, Richard D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Equipment and supplies.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In order to develop your artistic skills to the best of your ability, you first must understand the science and the fundamentals of photography. Whether you are a student of photography or a seasoned professional, this thoroughly updated edition of the classic text Basic Photographic Materials and Processes will provide all of the scientific information that you need. Full color throughout for the first time, this third edition covers new topics including digital resolution, digital sensor technology, scanner technology, color management, and tone reproduction.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; 1 Light and Photometry; The Nature of Light; Light Waves; The Electromagnetic Spectrum; The Visible Spectrum; Spectral Power Distributions; Solid-Object Sources and the Heat-Light Relationship; Vapor Sources and the Effect of Electrical Discharge; Luminescence/Fluorescence/ Phosphorescence; The Use of Color Temperature; The Mired Scale; Color-Rendering Index; The Polarization of Light; Practical Sources of Light and their Properties; Lasers; The Language of Light; The Measurement of Intensity; The Measurement of Flux

The Measurement of IlluminanceThe Measurement of Luminance; 2 Camera and Printing Exposure; Camera Exposure Versus Photographic Exposure; F-Numbers; Whole Stops; Maximum Diaphragm Openings; Intermediate F-Numbers; Limitations of the F-Number System; Lens Transmittance; Exposure Time; Lens Shutters; Effective Exposure Time; Focal-Plane Shutters; Electronic Shutters; Shutter Testing; Camera Exposure Latitude; Alternatives to Exposure Meters; Exposure Meters; Reflected-Light/ Incident-Light Exposure Meters; Meter Scales; Light Ratios; Meter Accuracy and Testing

Methods of Using Reflected-Light Exposure MetersIncident-Light Readings; Effective Film Speed and Degree of Development; Flash Guide Numbers; Flash Meters; Color-Temperature Meters; 3 Strictly Digital; Digital Camera; Digital Image Processing; Digital Printing; 4 Photographic Optics; Image Formation with a Pinhole; Image Formation with a Lens; Graphical Drawings; Depth of Field; Permissible Circle of Confusion; Depth-of-Field Controls; Depth of Field and F-Number; Depth of Field and Object Distance; Depth of Field and Focal Length; Depth of Focus; View-Camera Movements

Perpendicular MovementsBack Movements and Image Shape; Back Movements and Image Sharpness; Lens Movements and Image Sharpness; Lens Types; Reversed Telephoto Wide-Angle Lenses; Supplementary Lenses; Soft-Focus Lenses; Lens Shortcomings; Diffraction; Lens Testing; Testing Flare; 5 Sensitometry; Introduction; Exposure; Digital Camera Sensitometry; Film Sensitometry; Transmittance, Density, Opacity; Density Measurement; Characteristic Curves; Exposure-Characteristic Curve Relationships; Log Exposure Range; Exposure Latitude; Effects of Development Time; Gamma; Average Gradient; Contrast Index

ISO Film SpeedAnalysis of Negative Curves; Paper Sensitometry; Analysis of Photographic Paper Curves; Paper Contrast; Condenser and Diffusion Enlargers; The Effects of Enlarger Flare and Scattered Light; Testing Enlargers for Flare Light; Paper Speeds; Analysis of Positive Film Curves; Analysis of Reversal Film Curves; Introduction to Photographic Effects; 6 Tone Reproduction; Purposes of Tone Reproduction; Objective and Subjective Tone Reproduction; Objective Tone Reproduction/ Preferred Photographs; Objective Tone Reproduction Analysis; Optical Flare; The Making of the Negative

The Making of the Positive

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Basic photographic materials and processes / Leslie Stroebel. [et al.]. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447) and index.

ISBN:

9786612711510

9781136102219

1136102213

9781136102226

1136102221

9781282711518

1282711512

9780080927664

0080927661

OCLC:

437241641